PREGNANT PAUSES AND PAPPARDELLE WITH PORK RAGU

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Apr 182013
 
PREGNANT PAUSES AND PAPPARDELLE WITH PORK RAGU

You may have noticed that the frequency of my posts has waned a bit lately. There are a few reasons for this… one, is I am very pregnant and I underestimated the amount of brain energy that creating a whole new human being would consume. I can’t speak for anyone else, but at age 41, this procreating thing has put me into an existential tail spin and also made me a little tired. I probably could have written posts about just anything to satisfy the crowd that believes “YOU HAVE TO POST WEEKLY, AT LEAST!!!” or it is blog suicide. I would love to post weekly and perhaps I will [Read More...]

NOT ALL SALAME IS CREATED EQUAL – Meet OLLI

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Feb 282013
 
NOT ALL SALAME IS CREATED EQUAL - Meet OLLI

I was going to write about several products that stood out at the Winter Fancy Food Show that took place in San Francisco in January of this year and when I began to write about OLLI Salumeria as my first favorite, I realized that I could dedicate a entire post to them alone, so I did. Stay tuned for the favorite product recap, but this one is all about OLLI. OLLI SALAME I had consumed a fair amount of OLLI salamis prior to tasting them at the show. I rarely purchase tasty meat products based on packaging, but I admit that I had instant attraction to their gorgeous packaging. Beautiful [Read More...]

SQUASH MY INSPIRATION!

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Nov 082012
 
SQUASH MY INSPIRATION!

Ok, perhaps a bit of a cheesy title, but how else am I going to get you to read your veggies? I didn’t grow up with squash, well, other than overcooked zuchini. I vaguely remember eating spaghetti squash about 10 years ago, but it wasn’t until the last 5 years that I discovered how incredibly wonderful different varieties of squash really are. Butternut squash was probably the first to come on the scene with such tasty dishes as butternut squash ravioli with brown butter sage sauce and butternut squash purees and soups. I remember when main stream America was obsessed with microwaving squash, sweet potatoes and regular potatoes. I truly [Read More...]

DIY, Wild and Crazy Chocolate Nut Clusters of Joy!

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Oct 102012
 
DIY, Wild and Crazy Chocolate Nut Clusters of Joy!

Several years back, when I was in my honeymoon phase with San Francisco and needed to try EVERYTHING,  I went on a tour of the Charles Chocolate factory in Emeryville, California, which for most of you who don’t know, is Just 10 minutes over the Bay Bridge across from San Francisco. Charles makes delicious chocolates and were at one point, the original chocolatier of Google. I applied to be the official puppeteer of Google, but was quickly rejected. I want to tell you about my favorite part of the tour and that was when all of us tour goers were invited to make our very own chocolate clusters with a [Read More...]

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